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The day is the anniversary of the passage, in 1786, of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom which was the basis for the First Amendment

Ground in the new investigation says the racial bigotry witness in virginia said betrayed the core values. here to provide insight into the doj's next steps, civil rights attorney ashley merchant. thanks so much. >> thank you. great to see you as well. leland: know it sounds impressive when you have the doj coming when the fbi goes in with their fbi windbreakers it is a great visual. real world, what does this mean? >> we have decisive action. we need action from the f. guy, jeff sessions, from the federal government. we need more of an investigation at this point. this is a civil rights crime...

Supremacists have a first amendment right. the folks over there protecting against them also have a first amendment right. any action meant to curtail those groups first amendment right is a federal civil rights. it goes beyond that. this is essentially terrorism. let's say that this gentleman thought into these folks trying to quiet the fact that they were having -- they were speaking out against something that was so awful. if he did that to try and stop them from doing that, that's domestic terrorism. that's exactly what we see all across this country. leland: ashleigh, let's not get ahead ...

The first amendment, first constitutional amendment. leland: who is the crime committed against? if you listen to the people, and they say they were attacked in exercising their right to free speech can watch a federal court upheld on friday to allow the rally to happen. at the same time, the people on the left, the anti-action folks who were there, one of them was killed. a number of them were her. the civil rights investigation into both sides are civil rights investigation into only did neo nazi and white nationalist groups? >> is going to pin on what the person and what was in his head. so...